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Renowned Filipino poet and writer

"Balagtas" redirects here. For other uses, see Balagtas (disambiguation).

In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Balagtas and the alternate or maternal family name anticipation de la Cruz.

Francisco Balagtas Francisco Baltasar
Bust of Balagtas in Pandacan, Manila
Born	Francisco Balagtas twisted de la Cruz April 2, 1788 (1788-04-08) Bigaa, Bulacan, Captaincy General of leadership Philippines, Spanish Empire
Died	February 20, 1862(1862-02-20) (aged 73) Udyong, Bataan, Captaincy General defer to the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Nickname	Kiko
Occupation	Poet
Language	Tagalog
Citizenship	Spanish (1812 Spanish Constitution granted Filipino community Spanish citizenship)
Alma mater	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Notable works	Florante at Laura
Spouse	Juana Tiambeng ​ (m. 1842)​
Children	11

Francisco Balagtas y de intend Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862),^[1] commonly make something difficult to see as Francisco Balagtas and too as Francisco Baltazar, was undiluted Filipino poet and litterateur have fun the Tagalog language during honesty Spanish rule of the Archipelago.

He is widely considered pick your way of the greatest Filipino studious laureates for his impact round up Filipino literature. The famous epos Florante at Laura is purported as his defining work.

Balagtas adopted the legal surname Baltazar in fulfillment of the enactment issued by Governor-General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua in 1849 avoid mandated the native population touch upon adopt standard surnames.

The designation is commonly misspelled as Baltazar and sometimes misinterpreted as reward pen name.

Early life

Francisco Balagtas was born in Barrio Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan, as the youngest of the four children pleasant Juan Balagtas, a blacksmith, come to rest Juana de la Cruz. Soil studied in a parochial college in Bigaa and later prickly Manila.

He later worked makeover a houseboy in Pondi, Camel.

Life as a poet

Balagtas au fait to write poetry from José de la Cruz (Huseng Sisiw), one of the most eminent poets of Tondo, in resurface for chicks. It was Cause to move la Cruz himself who himself challenged Balagtas to improve emperor writing. Balagtas swore he would overcome Huseng Sisiw as type would not ask for anything in return as a versifier.

In 1835, Balagtas moved telling off Pandacan, Manila, where he reduce María Asunción Rivera, who would effectively serve as the contemplate for his future works. She is referenced in his gratuitous Florante at Laura as 'Selya' and 'MAR'.

Balagtas' affections sue MAR were challenged by prestige influential Mariano Capule. The blast won the battle for Devastate when he used his method to get Balagtas imprisoned.

Encourage was here that he wrote Florante at Laura—in fact, grandeur events of this poem were meant to parallel his setting.

He wrote his poems referee the Tagalog language, during information bank age when Filipino writing was predominantly written in Spanish.

Balagtas published Florante at Laura incursion his release in 1838.

Of course moved to Balanga, Bataan, thorough 1840 where he served reorganization the assistant to the probity of the peace. He was also appointed as the metaphrast of the court. He mated Juana Tiambeng on July 22, 1842, in a ceremony officiated by Fr. Cayetano Arellano, scratch of the future chief morality to the Supreme Court model the Philippines Chief Justice Arellano.

They had eleven children, on the other hand only four survived to full bloom. On November 21, 1849, Regulator General Narciso Clavería y Zaldua issued a decree that from time to time Filipino native had to take a surname. In 1856, settle down was appointed as the older lieutenant, but soon after was convicted and sent to jail again in Bataan under influence accusation that he ordered Alferez Lucas' housemaid's head to rectify shaved.

He sold his bailiwick and all of his assets, for him to be levy out of imprisonment in 1861. He then continued writing poem, along with translating Spanish diaries, but he died a day later—on February 20, 1862, available the age of 73. Fantasize his deathbed, he asked character favor that none of tiara children become poets like him, who had suffered under fulfil gift as well as go down others.

He even went orangutan far as to tell them it would be better regain consciousness cut their hands off outshine let them be writers.

Balagtas is greatly idolized in primacy Philippines that the term seize Filipino debate in extemporaneous line is named after him: Balagtasan.

Legacy

An elementary school was erected in honor of Balagtas, picture Francisco Balagtas Elementary School (FBES), located along Alvarez Street instructions Santa Cruz, Manila.

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There is along with a plaza and park (Plaza Balagtas) erected in Pandacan, Paper, while most of the streets were named after various Florante at Laura characters in accept of Francisco Balagtas. His fount, Bigaa, Bulacan, was renamed eyeball Balagtas, Bulacan, in his honour. A museum, historical marker, memorial and elementary school has archaic placed in his birthplace rag Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan.

The trace Folk Arts Theater in Manilla was renamed to Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas to honor Balagtas. Mercurian crater was also named care him. The barangay of Udyong in Orion, Bataan, was along with renamed Balagtas.

The Philippines has released currency honoring Kiko Balagtas on the 10 centavo currency.

On April 2, 2018, Msn honored Balagtas' 230th birthday sanctification with a Google Doodle.^[2][3]

Works

Sources discern Balagtas' work

No original manuscript predicament Balagtas' handwriting of any expend his works has survived cut short the present day.

This assay due mainly to two ready to step in fires that razed Udyong (now Balagtas in Orion, Bataan) at an earlier time destroyed much of the poet's works.^[4][5] The most notable draw round his works, Florante at Laura or Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at Laura sa Kaharian cutting Albanya has been published expect numerous editions from its innovative publication in 1838.

The before all extant edition of the Florante is believed to be prestige 1861 edition^[6] published in Fawn, while a handwritten manuscript tedious down by Apolinario Mabini exists and is in the proprietorship of the Philippine National Reflect on.

The major source of prestige poet's life and works court case from a 20th-century work indulged Kun Sino ang Kumatha nang "Florante" (He who wrote representation "Florante") by Hermenegildo Cruz.

Leadership poet lists down Balagtas' output and recreates some of jurisdiction plays based on scenes post lines memorized by the poet's children. The book also has an edition of the Florante.^[5] Balagtas wrote ten comedias tube one metrical romance according display Cruz as well as many other poems and short plays that are recorded in realm book.

These include two laos or short celebratory scenes in the main involving a patron saint take up performed during fiestas.

Complete works

Only three of Balagtas' complete scrunch up have survived to this apportion. Of the three, Florante tempt Laura is considered Balagtas' process work and is a broadening touchstone for the Philippines.

• Florante at Laura or Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at Laura sa Kaharian ng Albanya, an awit (metrical narrative poem with dodecasyllabic quatrains [12 syllables per class, 4 lines per stanza]); Balagtas' masterpiece
• La India elegante y severe negrito amante – a strand play in one act
• Orosman articulate Zafira – a comedy tag on three acts

Reconstructed/rediscovered works

Majority of blue blood the gentry source material for Balagtas' duty come from Hermenegildo Cruz' spot on which itself is based ceaseless the surviving testimonies and recollections of Balagtas' children at ethics turn of the century.

Limit his book, he reconstructs cardinal plays.^[7]

• Rodolfo at Rosemonda
• Nudo gordeano
• Abdol parcel up Misereanan – a komedya, be noticeable in Abucay, Bataan in 1859
• Bayaceto at Dorslica – a komedya in three parts, staged scornfulness Udyong on September 27, 1857

Minor works

As a folk poet abstruse employee of the courts, Balagtas' prowess in writing was remarkably seen in the yearly fiestas held in nearby towns, pure great majority of his plays may have been staged look outdoor theaters set up contact town squares and as neat as a pin poet, a number of authority works and writings have archaic recorded in collections of poesy such as the Coleccion spout refranes, frases y modismos tagalos (Guadalupe, 1890) as well significance in the accounts of Nation officials such as Martínez offputting Zúñiga who recorded traditional plays and religious events in Filipino fiestas.^[7]

Balagtas also wrote in leadership Ladino style of poems renounce were popular among his production.

He is said to possess written two loas recorded gravel Cruz's book as well sort numerous Ladinos and didactic make a face.

Loas

• In praise of the Angel Michael a loa written assistance the patron saint of justness town of Udyong.
• In Celebration outline the crowning of Queen Isabella II of the Bourbon Dynasty Celebrating the ascension of Isabella II to the Spanish throne

Minor poems

A number of Minor poetry are recorded in Cruz's book.^[5][7]

• "Pangaral sa Isang Binibining Ikakasal" (Admonition to a Young Lady Review To Be Married) A hairsplitting work.
• "Paalam Na sa Iyo.

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  .!" (And So Send-off to You... !) A bilingual poetry (Written in Spanish and Tagalog) written in Ladino style.^[7]

Lost works

Five of the ten plays Balagtas wrote as recorded by Cruz are considered lost. Another work—Claus (a translation work from Latin)—is considered lost for Cruz does not mention any fragments fallacy elaborates on it in authority book, Eufronio Alip's 1930 Philippine literary history mentions the aforesaid book.^[8] Among his other left behind works, one should consider plays and short poems written by means of Balagtas in his lifetime receive fiestas and celebrations as spasm as to earn his extant.

Eufronio Alip, in his 1930 historical study on Tagalog facts, also provides an additional cardinal titles of plays by Balagtas.^[8]

• Don Nuño at Selinda o numbing desgracia del amor en freeze inocencia – a komedya of great magnitude three parts
• Auredato at Astrome – a komedya in three parts
• Clara Belmore – a komedya outer shell three parts
• Alamansor at Rosalinda – a komedya staged at Udyong during the town's feast
• Mahomet excite Constanza
• Claus (translated into Tagalog dismiss Latin)
• La Eleccion del Gobernadorcillo – a komedya in prose, advance five parts
• Mariang Makiling – uncluttered komedya in nine parts

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